[Stay posted for Ponn's Personal Pointers below!]

First of all, let me thank Ponn for offering this contest!

[My pleasure!]

It’s been such a pleasure reading the entries and talking one-on-one with each of the women who entered. You are all up to great things, and it has truly been a privilege to hear about your dreams and goals and what you have taken on creating for yourselves. It’s been hard to choose a winner, because I would really love to work with all of you. However, it was a contest and I did have to choose, and the winner is…Kim Dushinski!

[Wooo Hooo! Congrats Kim! Yeeee Hahhhh!!!!]
Congratulations, Kim, and I am really looking forward to working with you for the next three months! Kim’s business, MobileMarketingProfits.com, is on the cutting edge of a new wave in marketing – I had never even heard of mobile marketing – have you? Go check it out on her site!
So why did I choose Kim? Well, it was very clear to me that she has a great idea, great skills and a great foundation laid for her business – I’m confident she’ll do it with or without me!

At the same time, we all have self-imposed limitations and less-than-empowering beliefs or views that cause us to get in our own way, and in Kim’s case I could tell that she was really ready to take herself to the next step and break through those places. A coach and writer I admire, Mike Litman, says, “Every level of income demands a new you.”

I love that quote, it just expresses so succinctly the whole inner game that is the source of all outer success. In talking with Kim, it seems to me she is clear that it’s time to bring forth that “new you” and when someone is in that place, coaching is really exciting and really, really fun!
I honestly do wish I could be coaching all of you that entered — and those of you who meant to but didn’t, too! I am a huge believer in the power of coaching, and I want to make it available to as many people, especially women entrepreneurs, as possible. I’ve also been having much discussion with Ponn over her “Passion doesn’t Equal Profitability” posts, and getting even more clear than ever about why it is soooooo important for women starting out in business to have a PLAN – yes, that’s right, a real, honest-to-goodness business plan.

I know business coaching can make a big difference, but I also know that it can be hard to come up with the funds for coaching when you are first getting started. So I have come up with a new way to make business coaching available to more women, at a much reduced price, and specifically targeted at women who are in the start-up phase and need to develop a real plan.

So I am now offering Start-up Business Coaching Groups for Women Entrepreneurs. The groups will be small (6 maximum in each), the price is right (only $150 per month per person), and it will get you in action, with a great and detailed plan, making things happen, moving toward your goals and clear about where you are going and what it’s going to take to get you there. Put the power of a group – and a coach – to work for you and your business!

Interested in more details? Read more about it here and contact me (or comment below) with your questions or to sign up!

There are 5 spots left in the first group, which I want to start in mid-October, so don’t wait!

[Ann will be starting new 3-month cycles each month.]

For those of you who entered the contest, it was a great pleasure giving you your free business consultation and I hope it was valuable. I would love your feedback about what results you see and how it has affected you. Let’s keep talking! [Actually, I want your detailed experiences; good, bad and indifferent, shared below!]

I’m enjoying being an active member of this empowered and empowering community Ponn has created, and look forward to connecting with more and more of you, whether through coaching, joint ventures, comments or anything else!

I only found EmpowerWomenNow for the first time back in July, and coaching Ponn and doing this contest have been a fabulous way to get started!

During this same time period, and with Ponn’s input on Internet Branding, I saw my website move up to the number one spot on Google for “women entrepreneurs’ business coach” and other similar keywords. Coincidence? I don’t think so! Can’t wait to see what’s next…

[No coincidence at all! I called Ann "The Women Entrepreneurs' Coach", told her to start actively blogging...she read Yaro's Blueprint based on my review...and she's been doing her keyword search homework! So, yes...I look forward to JVing (Joint Venturing) with Ann much more in the near future! So, if you haven't cashed in on your FREE 45-minute business consultation yet! Hop over there now! Give her a ring...better yet, comment below and say you want in!]

I have multiple deadlines this busy Monday, October 1st…but, hey in my 1st week we laid out 4 tasks that HAD to be completed for the month of September! I finished all of them in my 1st week. (Yes, everyone knows I’m an over-achiever!) I delegated and brought on more staff here at EmpowerWomenNow.com AND I’m fully-staffed at WordPressReworked.com…AND, well the great news will be unveiling one day at a time here at EmpowerWomenNow.com

Ann was more critical in helping me accept my disabling limitations, “working” around my home-hunting, and figuring everything out so I get all unfinished work completed from my absence so I can start Oct. 1st. While, I’m an ultra-Type-A, obsessive-compulsive, very determined, fundamentally organized and systematized biz chick…Ann’s guidance was still empowering! We laughed that she didn’t need to help with with my biz plan, goals, outline, deadline dates, etc…but handling my personal limitations around that was crucial. Thanks Ann

Was it worth $350/month of September! Dang straight it was!

Now, with group-session at $150/month…wowser! Remember, its not “can I afford it?” It’s “how can I NOT invest in myself and my business NOW!?” This is the difference between a successful & profitable woman entrepreneur who takes passion to survive rather than letting passion just lead you blindly!

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Posted on October 1st, 2007 by Ponn Sabra
Filed under: Business Mgmt, Entrepreneurialism, Opportunities